Dictionary Definition
raven n : large black bird with a straight bill
and long wedge-shaped tail [syn: Corvus
corax]
Verb
1 obtain or seize by violence
4 feed greedily; "The lions ravened the
bodies"
User Contributed Dictionary
see Raven
English
Pronunciation
- , /ˈreɪvən/, /"reIv@n/
- Rhymes with: -eɪvən
Noun
Translations
bird
- Albanian: korb
- Basque: erroi
- Belarusian: крумкач
- Bosnian: gavran
- Breton: bran
- Bulgarian: гарван
- Catalan: corb
- Chinese: 乌鸦, 烏鴉 (wūyā)
- Croatian: gavran
- Czech: krkavec
- Danish: ravn
- Dutch: raaf
- Esperanto: korvo, korako
- Estonian: kaaren, ronk, korp
- Ewe: akpaviã
- Faroese: ravnur
- Finnish: korppi
- French: corbeau
- Friulian: corvat
- Galician: corvo carnazal
- German: Rabe, Kolkrabe
- Greek, Ancient: κόραξ (korax)
- Greek: κόρακας (kórakas), κοράκι (koráki)
- Hebrew: עורב
- Hungarian: holló
- Icelandic: hrafn, krummi
- Indonesian: gagak besar
- Irish: fiach dubh
- Italian: corvo
- Japanese: 渡り鴉 (ワタリガラス, watari-garasu), 大鴉 (オオガラス, oo-garasu)
- Kurdish:
- Latin: corvus
- Ladin: corf
- Latvian: krauklis
- Lithuanian: kranklys
- Lower Sorbian: wron, rapak
- Low Saxon (Low German): Raav’
- Macedonian: гавран (gavran)
- Maltese: għarab
- Marathi: डोमेकाव्ळा (dome-kāvllā)
- Norwegian: ravn
- Occitan: còrb
- Polish: kruk
- Portuguese: corvo
- Romanian: corb
- Romansh: corv grond
- Romany: kakarachi , kakarachka
- Russian: ворон
- Sami: gáranas, bulddogas, garjá
- Sardinian: corbu, crobu
- Scottish Gaelic: fitheach
- Serbian: гавран
- Slovak: havran, krkavec
- Slovene: krokar , vran (poetically)
- Spanish: cuervo
- Swedish: korp
- Turkish: kuzgun
- Ukrainian: ворон, крук
- Upper Sorbian: rapak
- Welsh: cigfran
- West Frisian: raven
rapine; rapacity
prey; plunder; food obtained by violence
Adjective
- Of the color of the raven; jet-black
- raven curls
- raven darkness
- She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.
- raven darkness
- raven curls
Derived terms
Translations
of the color of the raven; jet-black
- Dutch: ravezwart
- French: noir comme un corbeau
- Greek: κορακίσιος (korakisios) , κορακίσια (korakisia) , κορακίσιο (korakisio)
- Italian: corvino
Etymology 2
From medieval French raviner 'rush, seize by force', itself from ravine 'rapine', from Latin rapina 'plundering, loot', itself from rapere 'seize, plunder, abduct'Pronunciation
- , /ˈrævən/, /"r
Extensive Definition
Raven is the common name given
to the largest species of passerine birds in the genus Corvus.
Corvids are also commonly referred to as crows and other species in
the same genus include jackdaws and rooks.
In most of Europe and North
America, raven is used as a synonym for the widespread
Common
Raven, and much of the literature and culture surrounding ravens
refers to that species.
Ravens have high intelligence
and are perhaps the smartest birds. Their intelligence might be on
par with canids such as wolves and some breeds of Dog.
An obsolete collective
noun for a group of ravens (or at least the Common Raven) is an
"unkindness".
Notes
External links
- Raven videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- North American ravens on eNature
- Ravens and Crows at the Pennsylvania State Game Commission site
raven in German:
Rabe
raven in Modern Greek
(1453-): Κοράκι
raven in Spanish:
Cuervo
raven in French: Corbeau
(oiseau)
raven in Scottish Gaelic:
Fitheach
raven in Ido:
Korniko
raven in Swahili
(macrolanguage): Kunguru
raven in Latin:
Corvus
raven in Luxembourgish:
Kueb
raven in Dutch: Raaf
(dier)
raven in Russian:
Ворон
raven in Swedish:
Korp
raven in Turkish:
Karga
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
angry clouds, atramentous, batten, be ravenous, black, black as coal, black as
ebony, black as ink, black as midnight, black as night, black cat,
black clouds, bolt, bolt
down, broken mirror, charcoal, coal, coal-black, coaly, cram, crow, dark, dark as night, dark as pitch,
deep black, depredate,
despoil, devour, ebon, ebony, engorge, eye hungrily, feel
hungry, fleece, forage, foray, freeboot, gathering clouds,
glut, gluttonize, gobble, gorge, gormandize, gulp, gulp down, gut, guttle, guzzle, halcyon bird, have a
tapeworm, hunger, hunger
for, ink, ink-black,
inky, jet, jetty, live to eat, loot, maraud, midnight, night, night-black, night-dark,
nigrous, owl, pillage, pitch, pitch-black, pitch-dark,
pitchy, plunder, prey on, raid, rainbow, ransack, ravage, raven-black, ravish, reive, rifle, sable, sack, shooting star, sloe, sloe-black, sloe-colored,
smoke, smut, soot, spoil, spoliate, starve, storm clouds, stormy
petrel, stuff, sweep, tar, tar-black, tarry, thirst, thirst for, thundercloud, thunderhead, wolf, wolf
down